Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw explained

The Women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russian athlete Nina Ponomaryova from Ural Oblast won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.^[1]

Medalists

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 36.00 advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Result
1	Nina Ponomaryova	45.05
2	Nina Dumbadze	43.20
3	Marianne Werner	41.37
4	Yvette Williams	41.32
5	Ingeborg Mello	40.91
6	Yelisaveta Bagriantseva	40.73
7	Libuše Nováková	39.89
8	Toyoko Yoshino	39.75
9	Lotte Haidegger	39.54
10	Frieda Tiltsch	39.47
11	Gretel Bolliger	38.20
12	Dezsőné Józsa	37.75
13	Lia Manoliu	37.58
14	Paulette Veste	37.47
15	Edera Cordiale	37.40
16	Ingeborg Pfüller	36.61
17	Kaarina Koivuniemi	36.56
18	Suzanne Allday	36.37
19	Olga Winterberg	35.79
20	Esther Brand	34.18

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Nina Ponomaryova	45.16	50.84	51.42	47.24	44.66	49.37	51.42 OR
	Yelisaveta Bagriantseva	43.58	47.08	44.26	43.97	44.58	43.00	47.08
	Nina Dumbadze	45.85	40.24	44.10	46.29	45.10	41.05	46.29
4	Toyoko Yoshino	41.71	42.67	37.15	41.58	43.81	42.02	43.81
5	Lotte Haidegger	35.66	43.49	40.02			41.32	43.49
6	Lia Manoliu	41.57	42.65	41.48	36.05	41.21	40.79	42.65
7	Ingeborg Pfüller	37.05	40.32	41.73				41.73
8	Ilona Szikora-Józsá		39.58	41.61				41.61
9	Marianne Werner	39.77		41.03				41.03
10	Yvette Williams	40.48	32.95	40.38				40.48
11	Kaarina Koivuniemi	40.33	32.72	40.05				40.33
12	Ingeborg Mello	39.04	37.84	37.24				39.04
13	Libuše Nováková	38.17		38.83				38.83
14	Edera Cordiale	38.22		37.03				38.22
15	Suzanne Allday	34.54	37.34	37.96				37.96
16	Paulette Veste	37.64	28.94	33.28				37.64
17	Gretel Bolliger	35.34	36.36	36.24				36.36
18	Frieda Tiltsch		27.84					27.84

Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-discus-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.